STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2792

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 2943

S.D. 2

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2024

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 2943, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to establish within the Department of Transportation a working group to increase awareness of the ground transportation industry and its workforce needs, and to develop possible career paths for commercial drivers.

Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Department of Transportation, Hawaii State Council on Developmental Disabilities, and Hawaii Food Industry Association.

Your Committee received written comments on this measure from the Department of Education.

Your Committee finds that taking steps, including the development of possible career paths for commercial drivers, to address the shortage of commercial drivers in the State will help to make the State's public and private sectors function more efficiently and reliably.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Clarifying the makeup and duties of the working group;

(2) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion on the measure; and

(3) Making technical nonsubstantive changes for purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2943, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2943, S.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair